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Mont-Mégantic stargazing forecast — Friday, August 14

Eastern Townships, QC · Bortle 2 · 45.455, -71.152 · Snapshot generated Sat, 15 Aug 2026 02:05:06 GMT

Excellent   (High confidence)

10h of clear sky (≤30% cloud) during tonight's astronomical night, mean cloud 0%.

Best observing window tonight

Fri 4:00 p.m. – Sat 1:00 a.m. (10h, 0% mean cloud)

Astronomical night
Fri 3:54 p.m. → Sat 1:45 a.m.
Moon
New moon · 2% illuminated
Mean cloud (during night)
0%   (min 0%)

Site

Mont-Mégantic became the world's first International Dark Sky Reserve in 2007, anchored by the ASTROLab interpretation centre and the 1.6-metre Mont-Mégantic Observatory at the summit — one of the largest research telescopes in eastern North America accessible to the public through guided evenings.

Drive from Toronto: ≈ 8.5 hours east via Highway 401, Autoroute 20/55 and Route 212 near Notre-Dame-des-Bois.

Best time of year: Year-round with reservations — ASTROLab runs evening programs on a seasonal schedule, so check hours before visiting; late summer and autumn skip the deep winter cold.

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Citations & data sources

This is a build-time snapshot — the live forecast at https://ontarionightsky.com/?site=mont-megantic updates continuously.